HVT vs. ETD, LZB, KIRK, WSM, RH, HVT.A, LOVE, MIMI, FGI, and HD
Should you be buying Haverty Furniture Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Haverty Furniture Companies include Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Kirkland's (KIRK), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), RH (RH), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A), Lovesac (LOVE), Mint Incorporation (MIMI), FGI Industries (FGI), and Home Depot (HD).
Haverty Furniture Companies vs. Its Competitors
Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT) and Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETD) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
80.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Ethan Allen Interiors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Haverty Furniture Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Ethan Allen Interiors pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Haverty Furniture Companies pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ethan Allen Interiors pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haverty Furniture Companies has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Ethan Allen Interiors has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Haverty Furniture Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Ethan Allen Interiors had 5 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ethan Allen Interiors and 2 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Ethan Allen Interiors' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of -0.15 indicating that Ethan Allen Interiors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ethan Allen Interiors has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ethan Allen Interiors has a net margin of 9.29% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 2.96%. Ethan Allen Interiors' return on equity of 12.08% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.
Ethan Allen Interiors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Ethan Allen Interiors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haverty Furniture Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ethan Allen Interiors has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.36%. Given Ethan Allen Interiors' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ethan Allen Interiors is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.
Summary
Ethan Allen Interiors beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HVT) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff